Kennedys – Product liability and the CPA: Failure to consider product risks and benefits is all risk and no benefit

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On 3 July 2020, Lambert J handed down judgment in the long standing Seroxat group litigation, Bailey and others v GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). This judgment has reinforced the landmark decisions of Wilkes v DePuy International Limited [2016] and Gee & Others v DePuy [2018] which stand as seminal cases on the legal approach to defect in product liability claims brought under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (CPA)